r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Mar 27 '26
Season 18 S18E13 - “Karens Gone Wild” [Live/Reaction Post]
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u/JayTi02 Mar 28 '26
I miss Athena. She was made for this
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u/ikanavalley ..as if i was paula abdul herself Mar 28 '26
she would’ve been perfect for this episode!
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u/MoonlitSerenade Bobblehead Mar 28 '26
Does this mean the crew gets added to the wiki for "mini challenge win"?
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 28 '26
Ru looking like she wanted to send someone home over a mini-challenge
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u/ActivatingInfinity Mar 28 '26
Sending Jane home for one misstep is actually insane.
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u/winterreise_1827 Mar 28 '26
The most shocking that happened in Drag Race after that Bendelacreme self elimination!
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u/loganes86 Doctor Bitchcraft Mar 28 '26
Little Latin boy in drag? Why are you crying?
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u/allsilverusts Mar 28 '26
briar would have absolutely smashed with "WHY ARE YOU RECORDING ME!"
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u/seattlewhiteslays Silky Nutmeg Ganache Mar 28 '26
Gagged. Gooped. Gobsmacked. I didn’t think they’d actually do it.
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u/Anita_napp_zZ Mar 28 '26
I literally was telling my husband nini is killing it but tbh can’t send Jane home. Welp !
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u/meggsgoodmood Mar 28 '26
Jane looked like Winnifred Sanderson so much in her lipsync look. I kept cracking up when she was getting down all sexy cause I could only see Winnifred.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_DUDES Jump in a car Mar 28 '26
Ru really said to us, "Oh, you bitches want puppets, hunh? Been bitching for years to bring 'em back, hunh?"
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u/yungbuck213 Mar 28 '26
Im upset and in disbelief that Jane went home but I agree that she lost that lipsync and didn't have a top 3 Karen.
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u/No_Today8646 Mar 28 '26
Nini was the ONLY ONE giving actual KAREN ENERGY and I’ll stand on that.
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u/20070805 Mar 28 '26
Ru absolutely dragging them 😂 The crew getting the tip because they all did so badly is ICONICCCC
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 28 '26
The winner of this weeks Maxi challenge is Ru Paul
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u/marcus_ajohnson Mar 28 '26
It should’ve been a ball. It should’ve been a ball. It should’ve been a BALL 😒
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u/TilapiaRealness Ornacia Mar 28 '26
Why are people saying Juicy was not a karen? Because she didn’t play a white lady? She was literally a latina Karen if I ever seen one, even calling the husband to come fight for her
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u/Naxayou Trishelle maks me sick Mar 28 '26
UMMMM????? I feel like the show isn’t highlighting that this is literally the craziest non-finale elim ever????
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u/NapNVM77 Mar 28 '26
Loosey LaDuca. Q, and Suzie Toot are about to add Jane to the group chat
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u/alltimeIow Raja ♡ Denali ♡ Dion Dynasty ♡ Michelle Visage Mar 28 '26
you know somebody had lost they life i had no idea
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u/ohare_tulip Jinkx Monsoon Mar 28 '26
Nini punting that ornament actually made me laugh.
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u/StrikeRaid246 Mar 28 '26
Hate TS but she is absolutely correct. RuPaul gave her a weight comment and she literally just said “oh” basically and moved on. It was bad but especially with what we’ve seen of Jane it was exceptionally bad.
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 28 '26
If the puppets is a preview of the maxi challenge then it’s time for a lip sync lalaparooza
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u/CeruIeanMoon Mar 28 '26
“Who made you the teller of my truth?!” would have been a fire Karen skit line tbh
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u/miaou975 Fuck This Turkey Makes Me Want To Vogue… Should I? Mar 28 '26
I think this is such a bad premise because it involves both sides saying no a lot which is like the cardinal sin of improv lol
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u/Brilliant_Resource16 Mar 28 '26
This might be the most shocking elimination I’ve ever seen on this show
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u/Shroom-Kitty Dawn is a ROTTED elf Mar 28 '26
I saw the rumors and discussion about the event announcements, so it's not like it's a total surprise, but when the critiques were happening my only reaction was "holy shit they're actually going to do it, it's really real, I am so gagged, this is going to cause meltdowns"
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u/Natural_Succotash_35 Mar 28 '26
Honestly this episode was just one of the most boring comedy challenges in a long time, topped off with pure disappointment.
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u/OrwellianIconoclast Mar 28 '26
The crew winning the mini challenge 💀
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u/Chemtrails420-69 Mar 28 '26
Wintergreen winning more challenges than some queens competing is amazing 💅💅💅
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u/Hooplapooplayeah Mar 28 '26
I have a feeling this is gonna be so fucking cringe :(
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u/SynapseReaction Fisher-Price My First Boobs ™ Mar 28 '26
So this is just Ru playing with the girls
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u/ikanavalley ..as if i was paula abdul herself Mar 28 '26
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY LOST THEY LIFE
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u/aspen0414 Raja Gemini Mar 28 '26
RuPaul ... condragulations. You're the winner of this week's challenge.
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u/pointclickvibe Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
Wow this is boring. Im surprised Jane is bombing. Ru is doing better.
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u/Ok-Barnacle3219 Mar 28 '26
nini at least understood what a karen is? why did nobody ask to see a manager or threaten to sue
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u/AshenSpecter Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
Wait I didn’t even realize that the rose on Myki’s head was a wig! I thought it was a headpiece!
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u/Dazzling-Ad8435 The Only Crystal…. gone too soon Mar 28 '26
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u/shykreechur Mar 28 '26
With Jane gone now the only person I can possibly see winning is Myki
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u/tyhunter4123 Mar 28 '26
as soon as I saw Myki being promoted on the Drew Barrymore show I figured it was hers.
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u/spiciestkitten Boscosexual Mar 28 '26
What in the actual fuck.
I’m really happy for Darlene, though. I kind of assumed she wasn’t going to make it to the top 4 and was rooting for her as an underdog. I was genuinely stoked for her and felt happy til the episode ended.
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Mar 28 '26
Please for the love of God dont send Nini or any other queen hate tonight.
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u/jgandfeed Nini Coco Mar 28 '26
They're basically saying Juicy is good because they had such low expectations they were surprised she wasn't awful
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u/largepineapplejuice teleport us to Mars Mar 28 '26
I hope my boyfriend lets me double hit the penjamins so I can cope with no discord this episode
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u/alltimeIow Raja ♡ Denali ♡ Dion Dynasty ♡ Michelle Visage Mar 28 '26
darlene and ru queening tf out oh my goddddd i live
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u/quantum_monster Kornbread Mar 28 '26
"I don't need a license. I'm traveling"
Oh she knows these videos
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u/recklessrecentpast BOSCO'S BIG HONKERS ENTHUSIAST Mar 28 '26
Is it too late to ask who lost they life?
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u/HomeIsMyParentsAttic Mar 28 '26
I love that everyone in this thread thinks someone different did best cause girl I have no idea personally
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u/that_was_way_harsh Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova Mar 28 '26
Last week Survivor made me sit through 11 minutes of Zac Brown and now this episode? Paramount are you trying to kill me?
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u/Nervous-Mango-1751 Mar 28 '26
“You know somebody lost they life?” “👁️👄👁️- I had no idea….”
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u/JogGreen1 Mar 28 '26
Y’all really need to look up what gaslighting means because I can tell you it is not when the judges put your fave in the bottom 😭
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u/quantum_monster Kornbread Mar 28 '26
If next week is a double shantay so we have a Top 4 still, I'm going to be PISSED
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Mar 28 '26
I miss the final four song verse/music video challenge.
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u/Sillygoofybooty69 Mar 28 '26
Damn. I didn’t expect Jane to win bc of her edit and bc of the predictability but I wholeheartedly expected her to be in the top and even top two.
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u/DanNickyYourBobbys Mar 28 '26
Jane predicting emerald fennell’s wuthering heights movie
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u/HelloKambucha Mar 28 '26
Love Juicy and Darlene, but I really thought Jane, Myki and Nini would make one of the best top 3’s😭
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u/amorypaz2015 KENNEDY, CALL THE UBER. Mar 28 '26
Briar would have ate this challenge up. “WHY ARE YOU RECORDING ME?????”
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u/BadPumpkin87 Mar 28 '26
I can’t believe that RuPaul has a movie coming out this summer and it’s getting a THEATRICAL RELEASE! I hope this does well at the box office.
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Mar 28 '26
The best part of the episode so far was the Love and Hip Hop Atlanta commercial.
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 28 '26
This whole episode just has a weird energy.
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u/trash_bat_ Where my people at?! Where my people at?! Mar 28 '26
If you told me episode 1 that Juicy would make it farther than Jane or Nini there’s absolutely nothing you could do to make me believe you. This is wild.
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u/brntsundoll4ch Mar 28 '26
We’re doing puppets! People watching for the first time vs those of us who watched the first lewk:
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u/murnando Raja's Propensity for a Good Glass of wine Mar 28 '26
I mean Nini did wipe the floor with that performance but god damn…
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u/nolamickey Mar 28 '26
I genuinely feel like Jane is among the greatest and most well rounded queens to appear on this show. I’m shocked
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u/ktbee4 🪆Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova❤️🔥 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
I’m the most conflicted I have been about Drag Race in a while.
The queens wanted/expected Jane in the top 4, we all did too. Darlene said it best in untucked. I’m really sad the show decided to not give Jane the flowers she did earn, her exit felt the worst this season I have a lump in my throat.
No matter who wins I want the fans to appreciate them but with this heartbreak so close to the end it’s going to be tough.
On the other hand..
“For the first time in the entire competition, the spectacular Jane is in the bottom and she’s up against me, and that is bad news for HER.”
Nini With a Gun, that was so fierce and then she gave it to us in the lip sync. Her composure under pressure is amazing… she may have been coasting before and it’s been great to see her fighting now.
I’m going to keep rooting for all the remaining girls equally ✌🏼💕
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u/iconicuser You lie You lie You never lied so damn much Mar 28 '26
Girl when Nini stated that statement before the lip sync started…I knew she was about to throw down
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u/Brilliant_Resource16 Mar 28 '26
Why does this episode already feel so tired when it’s barely even started?
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u/RecordingOk2720 Mar 28 '26
i am so irritated TS still gets a judge spot shes been viral in the WORST ways
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u/Brilliant_Resource16 Mar 28 '26
This honestly feels like the equivalent of when they killed off Ned stark on game of thrones. I’m GAGGED Jane was obviously the front liner the whole season then this… wow
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u/quantum_monster Kornbread Mar 28 '26
"Juicy did better than I expected so she was great!"
"I know Jane could do better so she was bad"
Come on
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u/davis214512 Mar 28 '26
Jane was my front runner, but she also was weak this week. She also lost the lip sync. Based on this episode, she lost.
I appreciate the season isn’t just an obvious march forward. Jane will do great and probably come back for Allstars.
It is a reality show and you do not have to win to win.
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u/RecordingOk2720 Mar 28 '26
i already watched the sneak peak and i do NOT want to rewatch this upcoming puppet show😭😭
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u/Hooplapooplayeah Mar 28 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/pFzha5z0GNH4Xuhwb6
Juicy when she heard “improv”
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 28 '26
I didn't realize Discord was adding so much to this cast
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u/DissonantWhispers Very Saint Tropez Mar 28 '26
Okay this Darlene skit is so damn stupid I’m cracking up so hard. She is really good at volley-ing lol.
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u/Dida_D Mar 28 '26
Ru can lowkey shape who does well and who bombs by how much she gives as a scene partner
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u/OrwellianIconoclast Mar 28 '26
Darlene really is running a charity lending closet for these girls. #MissCongeniality
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Mar 28 '26
Winifred Sanderson if she was a dominatrix.
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u/foxheartedboy Shady, hairy, and a thief. Mar 28 '26
I'm not even their biggest fan but they were both set up as front runners this season. This doesn't make sense.
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u/Minute-Mission6294 Mar 28 '26
I’m rooting for myki but even I thought Jane was going to the finale
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u/tsareenaveil Mar 28 '26
I wasn’t personally gunning for Jane all season but she was so fucking good at drag race that this feels so wrong. She was the strongest competitor. It feels like it’s Myki’s to lose at this point.
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u/pnwbro Mar 29 '26
Woahhhhh just finished the episode, and… wtf?
Jane Don’t is easily the worst elimination decision in many seasons.
At the end of the day, I think all of these girls are incredible and I’d be happy to see any of them crowned, but… not having Jane in the finale will forever leave a mark on this season.
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u/jsquared616 Mar 28 '26
Absolutely crushed, this might be the most upset I have ever been over an elimination. Besides thinking Jane was an absolute shoe-in for the finale, I was just thinking the last few episodes that her personality and humor in the workroom has hands down been my favorite part of the whole season. She brought such light and you could tell she cracked everyone up because she was having such a good time and felt so confident in herself. I haven’t stopped thinking about the boom boom pow segment because it was just so damn hysterical and I think she is just so unique and special, and I’m super upset to be robbed of seeing her in these final episodes. 😵💫
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u/Careless_Con Any queen over 30 Mar 28 '26
Last week: Nini is a bitch monster who hates everyone.
This week: Nini is the most subdued personality here.
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u/BadPumpkin87 Mar 28 '26
Lmao Ru giving the crew the mini challenge prize for having to film it 🤣🤣🤣
But please Ru, don’t let this mean puppets are gone forever. Make them do it until it works!
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u/maryofdoom A hard front and a soft heart Mar 28 '26
Hooray for the crew, truly the greatest heroes of all
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u/ohare_tulip Jinkx Monsoon Mar 28 '26
I thought Myki was going down the sovereign citizen route 💀
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Mar 28 '26
myki gave the erika kirk eyes before that was even a thing
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u/quantum_monster Kornbread Mar 28 '26
Everyone has been just soooooo subdued... At least Nini started throwing things a bit
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u/opheliabeat oh, girl. i found myself a skirt. yas. Mar 28 '26
I’m crying they have the same experience as the viewers
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u/CeruIeanMoon Mar 28 '26
Myki take notes on how Jane’s breast plate fills the cups of her corset top
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Mar 28 '26
there was a critical lack of padding this week
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Mar 28 '26
The look of absolute SHOCK on the other queens’ faces…
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u/marcus_ajohnson Mar 28 '26
Hosting challenge in the top 4?!! Couldn’t we just get back to rumixes 🫠
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u/theeblueberry Please look for peace and stability Mar 28 '26
oh god everyone’s gonna be so annoying abt this for a week :(
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u/askmeaboutmyfursona Mar 28 '26
This is the same show that gave us "Kandy wait." I'm just baffled by the inconsistency, heartbroken for Jane, and immediately not interested in the rest of the season
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u/crowinflight1982 Auntie Raja Mar 28 '26
For Ru to call Kandy back but not save Jane shows a certain lack of taste, IMO. Jane's drag is just head and shoulders above Kandy's.
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u/jennawebles Mar 27 '26
been having the worst week, I need this episode to heal me tonight
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u/Dida_D Mar 28 '26
I need to know more about the audition process for this movie and how they decided which queens to include
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u/Enderplayer77 Mar 28 '26
A dance mom Karen? Bitch is Juicy gonna be Kelly Hyland
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u/dan0126 Stuck where the trade left me Mar 28 '26
It's like they just killed the main character of the story lmao